← M&A Playbook Topic · 12 chapters
Post-deal IT integration and separation Post-deal IT integration and separation guidance on systems, ERP, data, security, operating models, cutovers, and sequencing decisions.
Chapters 08
Pre-deal and tech due diligence · Feb 9, 2026
A diligence framework to underwrite whether the IT team can run the business and deliver the deal agenda—and what it costs to de-risk the first 100 days.
Due diligence Deal execution Integrations 16
Pre-deal and tech due diligence · Mar 31, 2026
How to spot the technology dependencies that set the separation or integration clock before the deal team locks price, TSAs, and Day-1 commitments.
Due diligence Carve-outs Integrations 25
Deal structuring and pre-close planning · Apr 16, 2026
A framework for choosing separation, integration, or a staged approach before system dependencies set the Day-1 risk, TSA clock, and synergy path.
Deal execution Carve-outs Integrations 26
Deal structuring and pre-close planning · Apr 17, 2026
How a carve-out or a full acquisition changes technology scope, Day-1 control, one-time cost, and the path from signing to a stable operating model.
Deal execution Carve-outs Day-1 Integrations 28
Day-1 readiness and transition services · Apr 18, 2026
Day-1 readiness means proving that systems, people, and data work together at close, with evidence-based gates, accountable owners, and fallbacks.
Day-1 Deal execution Carve-outs Integrations 32
Day-1 readiness and transition services · Apr 22, 2026
A control-based method to expose common Day-1 failure paths, prove readiness, and activate fallbacks before ownership changes at close.
Day-1 Deal execution Carve-outs Integrations 33
Post-deal integration and separation execution · Jan 21, 2026
How to run the IT work as a deal program—clear owners, decision cadence, and value gates—so you exit TSAs on time and capture value without outages.
Carve-outs Integrations Deal execution Value creation 40
ERP and core systems transformation · Apr 6, 2026
A decision framework for choosing one ERP, multiple ERPs, or a staged model without turning ERP standardization into a value-delay program.
ERP Integrations Value creation 41
ERP and core systems transformation · Apr 7, 2026
How to underwrite SAP choices in acquisitions, carve-outs, and integrations before S/4HANA, licensing, data, and TSA constraints set the deal clock.
ERP Carve-outs Integrations 42
ERP and core systems transformation · Apr 8, 2026
Where Dynamics 365 speeds a carve-out or post-merger integration, where tenant, data, and licensing constraints slow it, and how to sequence the decision.
ERP Carve-outs Integrations 43
ERP and core systems transformation · Apr 9, 2026
How to test whether ERP can support plants, inventory, costing, quality, and supply chain changes before manufacturing deal value slips.
ERP Value creation Integrations 45
ERP and core systems transformation · Apr 11, 2026
How to sequence procurement, supplier, inventory, and logistics systems so sourcing value does not get trapped behind data and process gaps.
ERP Integrations Value creation